How I successfully shut down the CRT issue in my town election [View all]

[berni_mccoy]

Our town in western Massachusetts has about 29 thousand people and the town open forum on FB is active. Most of the people running for office posted their request for voter support on the town forum.

You should also know that this town is not blue but slightly red and it went for Trump in the 2020 election by about 1%.

One of the local Trumpers decided to post on the town forum what the stances were of candidates for school committee and town council with respect to CRT.

There were a mix of responses from town folk, much of what you would expect. Then one of the candidates for school committee spoke up and it was clear he was also a Trumper. I know the person who posed the original question and I suspect he posted it for this candidate, but that is speculation.

This candidate was also a history teacher.

My response was this: if you’re a teacher, you know very well that CRT is not taught in our schools and you could have said that. Instead you chose to divide the people of this town using a racially charged issue. With all of the problems we face I’m sure the people of our town are more interested in knowing what you plan to do about those issues versus a manufactured crisis from a political party that has nothing to offer but division and lies.

One townsperson responded that we don’t teach CRT now but we want to make sure it doesn’t end up getting taught.

My response to her was that it would never happen since it is a high level college study and has prerequisites that are not taught in high school.

I also noted that it was better to teach as many concepts as possible, even ones that may be hard to accept since knowledge brings us power. I shared the link of General Milley responding to Gaetz about CRT in the military.

The candidate had the gall to respond saying most people in town aren’t like me and that they would support candidates who disavowed CRT.

My final response was that our town is full of caring and respectful people who want the best for their kids. Using an agenda item from a national party to divide the people of the town would not go over well here.

And I was right. This candidate and two other Trumpers received the fewest votes of any candidates running for office in yesterday’s election.